Should Kentucky fail to make the NCAA Tournament for only the second time in 22 years, coach John Calipari says he knows who to blame: Himself.

“The biggest thing is: I am so disappointed in the job I’ve done with this team, I can’t even begin to tell you,” Calipari told reporters Thursday night after UK sustained a 10-point loss at Georgia. “I’ve done this 20-something years; I’ve never had a team not cohesive this time of year. Every one of my teams (was) cohesive. Every one of them had a will to win more than how they were playing. Every one of them had a fight. Well, if this team doesn’t have that, that’s on me.

John Calipari blames himself for UK's struggles this season. (AP Photo)

“What in the heck did I do? I’ll tell you: I’m going to go back and evaluate how we practiced, what I accepted, because they’re giving us what I’ve accepted -- which is, ‘It doesn’t matter whether we win or lose, I’m going to play the way I want to play.’ ”

How bad are things for the defending national champions? The Wildcats (20-10) remain on the bubble mostly because so many other bubble teams also are struggling down the stretch.

UK is 3-3 since star freshman Nerlens Noel tore his ACL at Florida on Feb. 12. They did beat Missouri but were blown out at Tennessee, outmuscled at Arkansas and handled easily at Georgia in recent weeks.

The Wildcats are just 1-4 against teams in the RPI top 50 and 6-9 against RPI top 100. The loss at Georgia was UK’s only one to teams rated outside the top 100.

"I'm mad right now," UK freshman guard Archie Goodwin said. "There's no way we should lose to Georgia."

Kentucky closes the regular season Saturday against No. 11 Florida, a team that beat the Wildcats 69-52 last month.